What Proportion of Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Contracted Coronavirus-19 and Died From Surgical Procedures During the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Results From the Multicenter British Orthopaedic Oncology Society Observational Study

Rajasekaran, Raja Bhaskara; Ashford, Robert U.; Cosker, Thomas D. A.; Stevenson, Jonathan D.; Jeys, Lee; Pollock, Rob; Rankin, Kenneth S.; Cool, Paul; Patton, James T.; Whitwell, Duncan; Gibbons, Christopher L. M. H.; Carr, Andrew; and the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society Collaborative Group*; Cool, Wim

Abstract

Delivering uninterrupted cancer treatment to patients with musculoskeletal tumors has been essential during the rapidly evolving coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as delays in management can be detrimental. Currently, the risk of contracting COVID-19 in hospitals when admitted for surgery and the susceptibility due to adjuvant therapies and associated mortality due to COVID-19 is unknown, but knowledge of these potential risks would help treating clinicians provide appropriate cancer care.

Citation

Rajasekaran, R. B., Ashford, R. U., Cosker, T. D. A., Stevenson, J. D., Jeys, L., Pollock, R., …Cool, W. (2021). What Proportion of Patients with Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Contracted Coronavirus-19 and Died From Surgical Procedures During the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Results From the Multicenter British Orthopaedic Oncology Society Observational Study. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 479(5), 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1097/corr.0000000000001568

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 13, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2023
• Journal: Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research
• Print ISSN: 0009-921X
• Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 479
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1158-1166
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/corr.0000000000001568
• Keywords: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; General Medicine; Surgery